Bainbridge Island public schools will begin offering free meals to all island youth between the ages of 2 to 18 starting Wednesday, March 18.

Officials with the Bainbridge Island School District announced Friday that curbside pickup of meals will be offered between 11 a.m. and noon weekdays at Captain Johnston Blakely Elementary, Ordway Elementary and Captain Charles Wilkes Elementary.

There will be hot and cold sack lunches and also cold breakfasts (to refrigerate for the next morning). Students/youth can choose both a breakfast and a lunch, officials said.

District officials also noted that due to federal regulations, students/youth must be present to receive meals, and the district is not allowed to provide meals for children who are not present.

The district will follow the school calendar and there will be no service during Spring Break, the week of April 6.

Bainbridge school officials announced late Thursday that all district schools will be closed through April 24 at least.

That move came following a proclamation from Gov. Jay Inslee that shut down schools in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties, and Bainbridge Island, that ordered all public and private schools in those areas to close until April 24.